Saturday, November 14th // 12-5PM
Celebrating Weirdo Media + Raising Funds for Bloomington ABC
BAMF is tomorrow, Saturday 11/14 from 12-5pm at Harmony School Gym! There will be 35+ self-publishing vendors and organizations from Indiana and beyond. The event is a fundraiser for the local chapter Bloomington Anarchist Black Cross (ABC), focusing on solidarity with prisoners of liberatory struggles.
The fest is not limited to zines and comics (which are already awesome enough), but to all forms of alternative media. For example, one of my favorite projects at the event last year was a video game called Poop Everywhere by Coco.Marie.Games, where you play as the iconic Bloomington murder of crows defecate on everything possible. It is a pretty awesome way to celebrate some favorite non-human neighbors. (Was hoping to link to the game but it sadly isn’t hosted now…)
The vendor list has some of my favorite creatives on it. Looking forward to coming together in solidarity. Hope to see you there!
Designing the Poster
I had the honor of designing the 2026 poster/flyer featuring “Slothy” the sloth who is Bloomington ABC’s mascot. I used brush and ink on bristol board for the poster design (with moral support from my ant friend as seen in video). My printer had been glitching out on some shipping labels that I was attempting to print, so, I decided to incorporate the glitch into the design. I then added in type and color digitally, with a nostalgic and jarring 90’s cotton candy palette.
Anyway, Rainford is attempting to eat my zine prints so TTFN. – Ren
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